Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** learning experiences in our college…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** learning experiences in our college of agricultural sciences rely mostly on undergraduate research while non research-oriented students have limited opportunities for their professional development. In addition, graduate teaching assistants teach laboratory courses with no previous teaching experience. This project will engage students in online tutoring as an approach to improve the readiness of animal science's students to compete in the job market and to improve education of laboratory courses. Tutoring can help students improve their transferable skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, leadership, time management, organization, effective communication and teamwork. Therefore, this project is designed to offer upper-level undergraduate students (junior and seniors) an experience in teaching by servicing as online tutors. In addition, mentoring and online seminars by USDA-aphis personnel will be prepared to educate and provide students with other life experiences. Some tutors will be provided the opportunity to travel to a professional meeting during the summer and nine other students will have similar opportunities locally. The proposed activities will increase transferable skills in our students, their academic performance, and will better teaching of laboratory courses.